Experimentation Lead - United States

Future Foundry

21h • $80,000 - $100,000 • Remote

About The Position

Most corporate innovation fails because teams spend months (and millions) building things nobody wants. They guess. They assume. They plan in detail, and then reality arrives - the customer.
At Future Foundry, we help large organisations test first, build later. We replace costly assumptions with lightweight, real-world experiments that reveal what customers actually want before our clients commit serious time and money.
We've spent the last five years developing a structured, repeatable approach to business experimentation. In that time, we've run +500 experiments and saved +£1 billion in misallocated investment for some of the largest global innovation teams. Working with the likes of Mars, Experian, HSBC, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Hilton to de-risk new propositions, get to market faster, and make evidence-backed investment decisions.
And now? We're growing the team.
This isn't your typical consulting gig. You won't be making decks for the sake of it or sitting in a client's office for weeks on end. You'll be designing experimentation programmes and leading evidence-building in the real world - turning messy uncertainty into clear, actionable evidence.
In practice, you'll typically be solely responsible for one client project at a time, managing the team, the client, and delivery. Projects range from a couple of weeks to a few months, though some larger programmes can run for up to 6 months. You'll be leading small, lean teams of 2-3 people, reporting to the Partners and guiding/training junior team members.
We're hiring someone who gets energy from working with people (clients, partners, customers), loves learning by doing, and is curious about uncertainty.

Requirements

• Expect 5-10 years of hands-on experience in management or lead roles involving experimentation, concept validation, user research, venture design, or corporate innovation.
• Proven ability to design and run experimentation programmes, including customer interviews, prototype testing, demand experiments, or market validation work.
• Strong facilitation skills, where you can design and lead workshops with senior stakeholders and external customers with confidence and clarity.
• Comfort with ambiguity. You don't need a perfect plan to get started; you proactively create hypothesis-driven plans and adapt as you go.
• Excellent communication skills, where you can distil complex findings into clear, compelling recommendations (both written and verbal).
• A collaborative, curious mindset, as you're energised by working closely with clients and teammates, not operating solo in a silo.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading large-scale innovation programmes with a focus on experimentation.
• Experience working in startups or boutique consultancies (you understand the "build-measure-learn" mentality).
• Background in corporate innovation teams or new product, service, or proposition development.
• Familiarity with the core industries we work in: retail, FMCG, healthcare, and financial services.
• Knowledge of design thinking, lean startup, jobs-to-be-done, or similar methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design experiments that test customer demand, product feasibility, and market traction. You’ll use +60 experiments to find the best way to validate risky assumptions.
• Oversee the running of experiments from recruiting participants, conducting customer interviews, designing product visuals, setting up ads, and tracking behavioural data.
• Deliver workshops with client teams and external customers to help stakeholders surface assumptions, prioritise uncertainties, and structure meaningful tests.
• Turn raw data (qualitative and quantitative) collected by the team into compelling evidence.
• Work closely with client teams to understand the evidence and determine next steps.
• Form clear, strategic recommendations on where to accelerate, adapt, or withdraw. Including what this means for future projects.
• Support business development and proposal work (when we're pitching extensions to existing or similar clients).
• Take ownership of our experimentation methodology - codifying and refining our frameworks, templates, and playbooks.

Benefits

• Fully remote (work from anywhere in United States)
• 28 days holiday (pro-rata)
• Occasional travel to client sites (UK/Europe/US, all expenses covered)
• Flexible working hours (as long as you're available for client meetings and team collaboration)
• Pension scheme (employer contributions)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed